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~fHER~AS, on July 10, 1962~ this body in a formal resolu*~ion requested the Virginia State Highway Department to design a (new) portion of F.A.P. Route 24 for improvement under the federal urban ai~ program; and WHHREAS, on July 10, 1962, the eastern terminus of said~rban aid route was Federal Route 58 at the intersection of Washington Street and High Street; and ~HHR~As, on August 25, 1962, theVirginia State Highway Cc~mission voted to reroute U. S. Route S8 from the Do~mtown ~lizabeth River Tunnel to the Midtown Htizab~th River TunneI,' deleting the highway route designation from High Street between~lm'Avenue and. Washington Street and from WashingtOn Street between Hig~ Street and the Downt~Wfi glizabeth RiYer Tunnel, thus eliminating the official terminus,o~ F.A~P. Route 2~, noted above; and WHEREAS, ~his body offi¢ially on March 13, 1962, (pursuant to the Code of Virginia relative'to local planning} and mn July 26, 196~, in a document addressed ~o the State Highway Commission, resolved to wo~ for the northerly extension of George Washington Highway into Effingham Street so as to create one major' north-south highway in eastern Portsmouth, and that said objective has beenand is recognized as a major component of the officia~ Comprehensive Plan of the City Of Portsmouth. NO~;, THER~FOR~ BE IT R~SOL~D by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: (a) THAT, paragraph (a) of said resolution of July i0, 1962, be amended to read as f~tlows: "That the State Highway Department be and the same hereby is requested to survey and design that portion of F.A. Po Route 24 from High Street and Hamilton Avenue along Hamilton Avenue, Glasgow Street and London Street ~to Effingham~Stree~, destined by official plan to become the northerly extension of George WaShington Highway." (h)~ ~tAT, the State H~ghway Department is urged to proceed with the routing of State Ro~te 141to ifiOlude Hffingham Street from Portsmouth Boutevar~C to London Street, and the deletionof Alternate Route 46OA from Washington Street, as indicated in a letter of ~y~22, 1962, from Department of Highways~ so that the City of Portsmouth and ~he ~. S~ Navy can without further delay proceed with formulation of plans td ef~ectu~t~ the-northerly extension of George }~ashington Highway into ~ffingham Street mid the improvement thereof as a feeder highway linking InterState 264 Wit~ the a. S. Naval' Hospilal'and the U. S. Naval Shipyard. Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, meeting held November 13, 1962. Virginia, at a City Clerk.